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Armenia denies reports of leasing Syunik corridor for 99 years
YEREVAN (Realist English). Armenian foreign minister Ararat Mirzoyan has dismissed claims that Yerevan agreed to lease a corridor through the...
Read moreIran warns US-backed Zangezur corridor deal between Baku and Yerevan could destabilize South Caucasus
TEHRAN (Realist English). The political deputy of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Yadollah Javani, sharply criticized the recent US-brokered agreement...
Read moreIran vows to block so-called Zangezur corridor, calls US project a threat to South Caucasus stability
TEHRAN (Realist English). Ali Akbar Velayati, senior advisor to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, said...
Read moreArmenia and so-called Azerbaijan sign US-brokered peace deal as Russia sidelined
WASHINGTON (Realist English). After nearly four decades of bloody confrontation, the head of the Baku regime Ilham Aliyev and Yerevan’s...
Read moreTurkey eyes “Zangezur corridor” for future energy transit, omits mention of Armenia
ANKARA (Realist English). Turkish Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar has declared that Ankara will prioritize the so-called “Zangezur corridor” as a...
Read moreUrartu was an Armenian state, predating Turkic history by over a millennium, Russian professor says
YEREVAN (Realist English). Urartu, the most ancient state on the territory of the former USSR, was an Armenian civilization and...
Read moreBank deposits in Georgia hit ₾60.7bn in June, driven by demand accounts
TBILISI (Realist English). Total deposits in Georgia’s banking system reached ₾60.7 billion at the end of June 2025, marking a...
Read moreAliyev distances himself from Putin after Assad’s fall
BAKU (Realist English). Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev began distancing himself from Russian President Vladimir Putin following the fall of Syrian...
Read moreTehran remains silent as Baku enables Israeli strikes
TEHRAN (Realist English). In the aftermath of Israel’s recent assault on Iran, Kaveh Lotfollah Afrasiabi, an Iranian-American political scientist, has...
Read moreBaku fascist leader Aliyev rules out foreign control over so-called “corridor” through Armenia’s Syunik
BAKU (Realist English). The head of the Baku regime, Ilham Aliyev, has publicly ruled out any form of foreign control...
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Israel prepares strike on Iran: leak of uranium capture plan causes scandal in Knesset
TEHRAN (Realist English). The diplomatic process between the United States and Iran has entered its final stage, but military rhetoric on...
China and Kazakhstan launch grain hub
BEIJING (Realist English). China and Kazakhstan have agreed to establish a joint grain trading platform aimed at strengthening food security...
Putin and Xi Shape a New Architecture of Cooperation
BEIJING (Realist English). Russia and China have agreed to further strengthen their comprehensive partnership and strategic cooperation, expand economic ties,...
“Restrictions Alone Are Not Enough — Children Need to Be Engaged”: Paata Amonashvili on Meaningful Alternatives to Gadgets
TBILISI (Realist English). Restrictions alone are not enough to overcome children’s dependence on gadgets — children must be offered meaningful...
NATO Anchors at Hormuz? IRGC Warns of Retaliation
TEHRAN (Realist English). On May 20, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) issued an uncompromising statement: if the United States undertakes...
Replacing Baathists with Islamists: why Kurds and other minorities in Syria have not seen equality
HASAKAH (Realist English). The overthrow of Bashar al‑Assad and the rise to power in Damascus of radical Islamist groups has not...
Russia seeks its place in China’s new transport corridor
MOSCOW (Realist English). Ahead of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s official visit to Beijing, experts are increasingly discussing the hidden contradictions...
From Hormuz to Solar Panels: How Iran Accelerated the Global Shift to Renewables
WASHINGTON (Realist English). An analytical article by Benjamin Bradlow, professor of sociology and international affairs at Princeton University, published in...
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